Yep! The woman who made the documentary My Brothers and Sisters in the North, humanizing people in the DPRK, was stripped of her ROK citizenship despite popular critical approval of the documentary (from those who saw it).
She was the first South Korean director who was allowed to visit North Korea after Korean War without being charged for treason by South Korea, because she has a German passport. She gave up South Korean citizenship and took the German one just for making this documentary and getting a visa and the permission of shooting from North Korea
The phrasing is a bit odd, but the reference goes to a DW article, the subheading of which is:
A new film made by Sung-Hyung Cho attempts to give outsiders an insight into life in North Korea. The director, who even had to give up her South Korean nationality to shoot the film, spoke to DW about the project.
Yep! The woman who made the documentary My Brothers and Sisters in the North, humanizing people in the DPRK, was stripped of her ROK citizenship despite popular critical approval of the documentary (from those who saw it).
wikipedia says that she chose to give up her south korean citizenship. lol
Sometimes people sacrifice things for principles. What’s funny about that?
the funny part is how Wikipedia describes it.
It says:
The phrasing is a bit odd, but the reference goes to a DW article, the subheading of which is:
She had to do so in order to film the documentary.